Kriss216:
Hope you gave someone the books for review? This one I’m seeing “I’m” instead of “Am”.

Actually you are in the wrong.
OP is right

ForestHill:
I can't date nor marry a mediocre like you

I can neither date nor marry a mediocre like you.





I mean, since we're trying to prove our English prowess on this thread.

Kriss216:
Hope you gave someone the books for review? This one I’m seeing “I’m” instead of “Am”.

are you sure you saw well?

Kriss216:
Hope you gave someone the books for review? This one I’m seeing “I’m” instead of “Am”.

This guy you be olodo sha
I'm is correct as opposed to am

MakyavelitheDon:



This guy you be olodo sha
I'm is correct as opposed to am

The topic initially read: "I'm I being cheated?"

Now compare it with what Kris pointed out.

wellmax:


Actually you are in the wrong.
OP is right

The topic initially read: "I'm I being cheated?"

Now compare it with what Kris pointed out.

Chydo63:
are you sure you saw well?

The topic initially read: "I'm I being cheated?"

Now compare it with what Kris pointed out.

MakyavelitheDon:



This guy you be olodo sha
I'm is correct as opposed to am

I wonder how some people were able to pass English.

Kriss216,,,
Abeg, don't quote any of them again.
Maybe na Junior schools dem still dey.
With time, they are likely to learn.

Even Dharmmie21 couldn't agree with me on her thread that only the second sentence is correct.

1. Am I been decieved?
2. Am I being deceived?

Kriss216:
Hope you gave someone the books for review? This one I’m seeing “I’m” instead of “Am”.

Are you serious?

You need to go back to your school and collect your refund sharp sharp because obviously, you learnt nothing at all in school.

Tufiakwa.

bluefilm:


Are you serious?

You need to go back to your school and collect your refund sharp sharp because obviously, you learnt nothing at all in school.

Tufiakwa.

Why una no dey read before una comment? The OP wrote "I'm I being cheated?" How is that correct?

Use Amazon kindle you no go hear

Chanchit:



Had it been you are in Lagos, I would have helped out. Depending on the quantity. I would print everything, excluding ISBN which I can also get for you at a way lower price. You can still send me an email anyway. It's possible, since people print from China, Lagos is not that far.

I checked your profile, your email address is not there. Please help me with it. Thanks

I wonder why most Nigerians like cheating their customers. Once they notice you are a novice your own don finish be dat.


This is one of the reasons I don't just walk into any shop to buy something without confirming the price from a friend or family member. I remember my first year in school, even though I am a good cook I got no experience when it comes to buying foodstuffs in the market. To avoid stories that touch I had to call my mum on my way to the market after I finished the stuffs I brought from home. She told me the price of carton of noodles, basket of rice/garri, cup of egusi and others.......Nor be me market women go take shine.

Clicked:


Why una no dey read before una comment? The OP wrote "I'm I being cheated?" How is that correct?

Okay I'm sorry.

The OP needs to go back to school and ask for a complete refund.

As a matter of fact, he shouldn't even be thinking of publishing a book in English now if his spellings are that bad.

'Cause he's gonna be such an embarrassment!!!

Sermwell:

The person I met was asking me to pay 7k for each ISBN but someone here said I can get it at the national library for #1,800 for each.

N1,800 for 1 book. The person that wants to do it for me says N15k. He also says it can take up to three weeks. Where is the national library. I did one for a magazine about 15 years ago and someone did it for me at the national arts theatre then.

kelechiodo:

Yes, the quotation is on the high side.
I published two books and none costs more than 300 a copy and each has 310 pages.
1. Do the formatting by yourself.
2. Design your cover page and send to them.
3. Go to National Library and collect your ISBN at the rate of N1800 per book
4. 70 pages printed on 60 gram should not be more than N150 @ min of 1000 copies.

Nice one

Justdare:



A lot of the things we do here are informal and very little (if any at all)care to what and how we write. Could be an innocent error, just cut the chick some slack jare, afterall na phonics not grammar.

Phonics or not, it will be used by people..... It is phonics in the English language.... How would you like your child's phonics teacher to be throwing grammatical bombs.. I'm sure you'll cut her/ him some slack....

It's a constructive criticism, meant to help, please don't misconstrue it. I personally get pissed off when I see a piece of literature written with grammatical errors...

You can be a writer and still need help to rewrite, vet, or do a thorough proofreading of it before releasing it

Uyi168:
..
The heading is wrong jor..
Which is 'there is no single rule in English language??

This is what the heading actually reads "I am I being cheated"!?

Don't mind the block-headed Ode

ArewaOduduwaBia:

I too know, u see ur life?

na dem o! Small talk wey husband go talk, e go turn wahala upon wahala! Na dem be dis

kelechiodo:

Yes, the quotation is on the high side.
I published two books and none costs more than 300 a copy and each has 310 pages.
1. Do the formatting by yourself.
2. Design your cover page and send to them.
3. Go to National Library and collect your ISBN at the rate of N1800 per book
4. 70 pages printed on 60 gram should not be more than N150 @ min of 1000 copies.

Please I need your help on this issue seriously. The man is asking me to bring 10k for him to but A3 tommorow. Do you have any idea how it cost??

Kriss216:
Hope you gave someone the books for review? This one I’m seeing “I’m” instead of “Am”.

I thought it only me who saw it
lols better go find another work publishing no go bring anything oo

merieam16:
Op, try go to other shops so has to know the actual price .Obviously, Nairlander has left d help u need and they are talking about ur grammer as if they are perfect either

That thing is grammar. Iti.

Nigerians are such and such as you people!

Kriss216:
Hope you gave someone the books for review? This one I’m seeing “I’m” instead of “Am”.

What are you saying now "am" is an auxiliary verb. if you don't put "I" it means there is no subject in your sentence and it is therefore not correct. He was correct.

So you see that you are the one who actually need someone to review your grammar

Sixfeetbelle:


I can neither date nor marry a mediocre like you.





I mean, since we're trying to prove our English prowess on this thread.

...our English language......

Boss, chances are you're being cheated.
Cos i don't know what kind of backcover they printing for you for 1k. Something nrore than #100, whethee A3 or A4...i dunno sha or, except if it has a special paper they are using, then they maybe right. But normally na #100

What kind of back cover printing pls? Show a sample

You see why Nigerian graduates are unemployable, They don't offer any value most of the time. The op ask a simple question, Instead of answering, the spent more than 5 pages arguing about something totally different. They even think they are cool despite sounding stup#d


And to the op, YES YOU ARE BEING CHEATED, D PRICE IS TOO HIGH.
And why can't you format ur own work anyways. look for somewhere else where plenty of these guys dey, you will hardly be taken advantage of that way

Sermwell:
I intend publishing some books on basic phonics for nursery and primary pupils. I had already typed the and visited someone on my street for arranging the work before printing.
I was asked to pay 3k to format each work before any other thing. The charges are as follows:

1. formatting 3k each
2. back cover 1k each
3. ISBN no. 7k each
4. printing #400 each. About 70 pages

I'm printing 6 different books but I have a strong feeling that I'm being cheated as I don't have any experience regarding how much these things cost. please I need to know if I'm being cheated. Please help me out. Thank you.

#400 could be cheap or expensive. Tell us the type of paper to be used, the quality of the printing and the type of machine doing the printing. Don't go and spend your money to print on expensive paper and high quality. Consider your market oh. Whether the book is printed at #400 using high quality material or printed at #200 using moderate quality material, the content remains the same. It is the content you are selling, whatever you are doing to cut cost, don't comprise on the quality cover and design.

Understand the rule of grammar and stop the blind argument
Okay

'I'm' is the contraction of 'I am'. While 'am' is a primary auxiliary verb 'to be' like: is, are, was, were, am, be, being, and been.
These auxiliary verbs could be used as helping verbs e.g.
I am eating
she is reading
They are also used as linking verbs e.g. I am a teacher

The difference between I'm and am is: I'm is the first person singular pronoun I and auxiliary verb am while 'am' is just an auxiliary verb that can't start a sentence. Hence, it's wrong to write: Am with you my yoriyori instead write I'm with you my yoriyori.

Am I being cheated? Is a misproportional question with contextual significant as it was used in the passage. However, its wrong for Am to begin any sentence or statement, am is either functions as linking verb or auxiliary verb. But I'm is a contraction, a contracted word because the subject, ''I'' is there with auxiliary verb am, ''m'' the apostrophe indicate the use of omitted letter a, which is grammatically correct but it becomes wrong when apostrophe is missing or when I, the subject is not there
Thank You